EP3845800B1 - Fahrzeuglampe mit verwendung eines lichtemittierenden halbleiterbauelements - Google Patents

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EP3845800B1
EP3845800B1 EP18931743.1A EP18931743A EP3845800B1 EP 3845800 B1 EP3845800 B1 EP 3845800B1 EP 18931743 A EP18931743 A EP 18931743A EP 3845800 B1 EP3845800 B1 EP 3845800B1
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
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    • B60Q1/26—Arrangement of optical signalling or lighting devices, the mounting or supporting thereof or circuits therefor the devices being primarily intended to indicate the vehicle, or parts thereof, or to give signals, to other traffic
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
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    • G—PHYSICS
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    • F21S41/64—Illuminating devices specially adapted for vehicle exteriors, e.g. headlamps characterised by a variable light distribution by acting on refractors, filters or transparent cover plates by changing their light transmissivity, e.g. by liquid crystal or electrochromic devices
    • F21S41/645—Illuminating devices specially adapted for vehicle exteriors, e.g. headlamps characterised by a variable light distribution by acting on refractors, filters or transparent cover plates by changing their light transmissivity, e.g. by liquid crystal or electrochromic devices by electro-optic means, e.g. liquid crystal or electrochromic devices
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F21—LIGHTING
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  • the present disclosure relates to a vehicle lamp.
  • a vehicle or car is equipped with various lamps having lighting functions and signaling functions.
  • halogen lamps or gas discharge lamps are usually used, but in recent years, light emitting diodes (LEDs) are in the spotlight as light sources for vehicle lamps.
  • LEDs light emitting diodes
  • the LED can enhance a degree of freedom for design of a lamp by minimizing a size thereof and exhibit economical efficiency by virtue of a semi-permanent lifespan, but most of the LEDs are currently produced in a form of a package.
  • the LED itself other than the package is under development as a semiconductor light emitting device of converting a current into light, namely, an image displaying light source equipped in an electronic device such as an information communication device.
  • Document JP 2014 116198 A discloses a lighting unit comprising a light source, an optical member for optically controlling light emitted from the light source to a forward side of the lighting unit, an outer lens arranged at a forward side of the optical member 20 and reflector mirrors.
  • Document DE 103 30 215 A1 discloses a headlight comprising a light beam influencing part which is formed as a reflector with several adjacent electrochromic elements, segmented such that different light functions are adjustable.
  • One aspect of the present disclosure is to provide a lamp capable of realizing a stereoscopic illumination pattern while minimizing a thickness thereof.
  • Another aspect of the present invention is to provide a lamp capable of implementing various illumination patterns.
  • Still another aspect of the present invention is to provide a lamp that can be utilized as a turn signal lamp for a vehicle.
  • a lamp including: a half mirror having an upper surface and a lower surface, and configured to reflect a part of light incident to the lower surface and another part to be discharged outside; a reflector disposed below the half mirror in a manner of facing the lower surface of the half mirror; an electrochromic layer disposed between the half mirror and the reflector and covering the reflector; a light source unit emitting light between the half mirror and the reflector; and a controller applying a current or voltage to the electrochromic layer, wherein the electrochromic layer is configured to have light transmittance that changes as a current or voltage is applied.
  • At least a part of the electrochromic layer may be converted from one of a first state having a first transmittance and a second state having a second transmittance that is higher than the first transmittance to another.
  • the controller may convert the electrochromic layer from the first state to the second state by applying a current or voltage to the electrochromic layer so that light emitted from the light source unit is repeatedly reflected between the half mirror and the reflector.
  • the electrochromic layer may be provided with a plurality of regions electrically isolated from one another.
  • the plurality of regions may be arranged side by side along one direction, and the controller may sequentially supply a current or voltage along the one direction.
  • the controller may sequentially apply a current or voltage to the at least some regions along the one direction so that the at least some regions are all in the second state.
  • the lamp further includes a plurality of auxiliary light sources disposed between the electrochromic layer and the reflector, wherein the auxiliary light sources may be arranged in a line along one direction.
  • the controller in a state that at least some of the auxiliary light sources are all turned off, may sequentially turn on the at least some of the auxiliary light sources in one direction until the at least some of the auxiliary light sources are all turned on.
  • a time interval from when one of the at least some of the auxiliary light sources is turned on until when all of the at least some of the auxiliary light sources are turned on may range from 115 to 195 ms.
  • the electrochromic layer may be provided with a plurality of regions electrically isolated from one another, and each of the plurality of auxiliary light sources may be disposed to overlap one of the plurality of regions.
  • the controller may sequentially convert a plurality of regions overlapping the auxiliary light sources from the first state to the second state along the one direction.
  • a time interval from when one of the plurality of regions overlapping the auxiliary light sources is converted to the second state until when all of the plurality of regions is converted to the second state may range from 115 to 195 ms.
  • the controller may turn on only auxiliary light sources overlapping the electrochromic layer in the second state among the auxiliary light sources.
  • the present invention may further include a metal electrode electrically connected to each of the auxiliary light sources, wherein the metal electrode may be disposed to surround the auxiliary light sources.
  • the present invention may realize the stereoscopic illumination pattern while maintaining a slim thickness of the lamp.
  • the present invention may realize different illumination patterns only by applying a current or voltage to the electrochromic layer.
  • the present invention by allowing the light transmittance of the electrochromic layer to be sequentially changed along one direction, it is possible to implement a turn signal lamp for a vehicle.
  • a vehicle lamp described in this specification may include a head lamp, a tail lamp, a position lamp, a fog lamp, a turn signal lamp, a brake lamp, an emergency lamp, a backup lamp, and the like.
  • a head lamp may include a head lamp, a tail lamp, a position lamp, a fog lamp, a turn signal lamp, a brake lamp, an emergency lamp, a backup lamp, and the like.
  • the configuration according to the embodiments described herein may also be applied to a new product type that will be developed later if the device is a device capable of emitting light.
  • FIG. 1 is a conceptual view illustrating one embodiment of a lamp for a vehicle (or a vehicle lamp) using a semiconductor light emitting device.
  • a vehicle lamp 10 includes a frame 11 fixed to a vehicle body, and a light source unit 12 installed on the frame 11.
  • a wiring line for supplying power to the light source unit 12 may be connected to the frame 11, and the frame 11 may be fixed to the vehicle body directly or by using a bracket.
  • the vehicle lamp 10 may be provided with a lens unit to more diffuse and sharpen light emitted from the light source unit 12.
  • the light source unit 12 may be a flexible light source unit that can be curved, bent, twisted, folded, or rolled by external force.
  • a non-curved state of the light source unit 12 for example, a state having an infinite radius of curvature, hereinafter, referred to as a first state
  • the light source unit 12 is flat.
  • the first state is switched to a state that the light source unit 12 is bent by an external force (e.g., a state having a finite radius of curvature, hereinafter, referred to as a second state)
  • the flexible light source unit may have a curved surface with at least part curved or bent.
  • a pixel of the light source unit 12 may be implemented by a semiconductor light emitting device.
  • the present disclosure exemplarily illustrates a light emitting diode (LED) as a type of semiconductor light emitting device for converting current into light.
  • the LED may be a light emitting device having a small size, and may thus serve as a pixel even in the second state.
  • FIG. 2 is a conceptual view illustrating a flip chip type semiconductor light emitting device
  • FIG. 3 is a conceptual view illustrating a vertical type semiconductor light emitting device.
  • the semiconductor light emitting device 150 Since the semiconductor light emitting device 150 has excellent brightness, it can constitute an individual unit pixel even though it has a small size.
  • the size of the individual semiconductor light emitting device 150 may be less than 80 ⁇ m in the length of one side thereof, and may be a rectangular or square shaped device. In this case, an area of the single semiconductor light emitting device is in the range of 10-10 to 10-5 m2, and an interval between light emitting devices may be in the range of 100 um to 10 mm.
  • the semiconductor light emitting device 150 may be a flip chip type light emitting device.
  • the semiconductor light emitting device includes a p-type electrode 156, a p-type semiconductor layer 155 on which the p-type electrode 156 is formed, an active layer 154 disposed on the p-type semiconductor layer 155, an n-type electrode 153 disposed on the active layer 154, and an n-type electrode 152 disposed on the n-type semiconductor layer 153 with being spaced apart from the p-type electrode 156 in a horizontal direction.
  • the semiconductor light emitting device 250 may have a vertical structure.
  • the vertical type semiconductor light emitting device includes a p-type electrode 256, a p-type semiconductor layer 255 formed on the p-type electrode 256, an active layer 254 formed on the p-type semiconductor layer 255, an n-type semiconductor layer 253 formed on the active layer 254, and an n-type electrode 252 formed on the n-type semiconductor layer 253.
  • the plurality of semiconductor light emitting devices 250 constitute a light emitting device array and an insulating layer is interposed between the plurality of light emitting devices.
  • the present disclosure is not necessarily limited thereto, and but alternatively employs a structure in which an adhesive layer fully fills a gap between the semiconductor light emitting devices without the insulating layer.
  • the insulating layer may be a transparent insulating layer including silicon oxide (SiOx) or the like.
  • the insulating layer may be formed of epoxy having excellent insulation characteristic and low light absorption, a polymer material such as methyl, phenyl-based silicone and the like, or an inorganic material such as SiN, Al2O3 and the like, in order to prevent shorting between electrodes.
  • the present invention is not limited to the semiconductor light emitting device but may be alternately realized through various semiconductor light emitting devices.
  • the lamp according to the present disclosure realizes a stereoscopic illumination pattern and can give various functions to a single lamp by changing the illumination pattern.
  • FIG. 4 is a conceptual view illustrating a cross section of a lamp according to the prior art.
  • the lamp according to the prior art may include a half mirror 310, a reflector 320, an electrochromic layer 330, and a light source unit 350.
  • a half mirror 310 may include a half mirror 310, a reflector 320, an electrochromic layer 330, and a light source unit 350.
  • each of the constituent elements will be described, and a coupling relationship between the constituent elements will be described.
  • the half mirror 310 reflects a part of light incident to the lower surface and discharges another part to the outside.
  • the half mirror 310 may reflect 50 % of the light incident to the lower surface and transmit the remaining light therethrough. Reflectance or transmittance of the half mirror 310 may vary depending on a material of the half mirror 310.
  • the half mirror 310 is not necessarily disposed at the outermost portion of the lamp according to the present invention.
  • Light passing through the upper surface of the half mirror 310 may be discharged to the outside through an additional structure overlapping the upper surface.
  • the lamp according to the present invention may include a lens, a protective layer, and the like which overlap the upper surface of the half mirror 310 and are disposed at an outer side than the half mirror 310.
  • these additional configurations are well known in the art, a detailed description thereof will be omitted.
  • the present invention does not exclude that additional components are disposed outside the half mirror 310.
  • the reflector 320 is disposed below the half mirror 310 and is disposed to face the lower surface of the half mirror 310.
  • the light reflected by the reflector 320 is directed to the lower surface of the half mirror 310.
  • the light reflected from the lower surface of the half mirror 310 is directed to the reflector 320.
  • the light which is incident between the reflector 320 and the half mirror 310 may be repeatedly reflected between the half mirror 310 and the reflector 320.
  • the light source unit 350 is configured to emit light between the half mirror 310 and the reflector 320.
  • the light source unit may include at least one light source, and each of the light sources may be disposed between the half mirror 310 and the reflector 320, or may be disposed in which a light emitting surface faces the half mirror 310 and the reflector 320 at an edge of the lamp. A part of light emitted from the light source unit 350 is repeatedly reflected between the half mirror 310 and the reflector 320, then discharged outside. As a result, a stereoscopic illumination pattern may be formed.
  • the electrochromic layer 330 is disposed between the half mirror 310 and the reflector 320, and covers the reflector. In order for light directed from an upper side of the electrochromic layer 330 to the reflector 320 to reach the reflector 320, the light has to pass through the electrochromic layer 330. In addition, in order for light directed from a lower side of the electrochromic layer 330 to the half mirror 310 to reach the half mirror 310, the light has to pass through the electrochromic layer 330.
  • the electrochromic layer 330 may be made of an electrochromic material whose light transmittance is varied as current or voltage is applied.
  • the electrochromic material may be made of a mixture of different compounds.
  • Each of the different compounds absorbs light of different wavelengths during electrochromic changes.
  • Properly mixed plurality of different compounds may absorb all light in a visible light region during electrochromic changes. That is, a mixture that becomes black during electrochromic changes may be implemented.
  • the electrochromic material may be made of a single material, and the single material may be made to absorb all the light in the visible light region during electrochromic changes.
  • the present invention does not limit a type of the electrochromic material, and any material in which a predetermined level of light transmittance change occurs during electrochromic changes may be used in the lamp according to the present invention.
  • the electrochromic layer may be converted from one of a first state having a first transmittance and a second state having a second transmittance that is higher than the first transmittance to another.
  • the first transmittance may be 5 % and the second transmittance may be 90 %.
  • the first transmittance is referred to as an opaque state and the second transmittance is a transparent state. Light incident to the electrochromic layer in the first transmittance is mostly absorbed, and light incident to the electrochromic layer in the second transmittance is mostly transmitted.
  • the illumination pattern may be largely divided into two regions.
  • one region is a region which is formed as the light is concentrated thereon.
  • a region where light is concentrated thereon may be formed.
  • a region where light is concentrated thereon and viewed relatively bright as described above is referred to as a first region.
  • the first region may be plural.
  • another region is a region formed around the first region.
  • the second region is darker than the first region, but gives a three-dimensional feeling.
  • the first and second regions may not be clearly distinguished by the naked eye.
  • a relatively bright region is referred to as the first region, and a region formed around the first region is referred to as a second region.
  • FIG. 5 is a conceptual view illustrating only the first region of the illumination pattern.
  • the above-described first region may be formed darker as it moves away from the light source unit 350. Accordingly, as a distance from the light source unit 350 increases, a boundary between the first region and the second region may be blurred.
  • the lamp may be viewed as being turned off.
  • the electrochromic layer 330 does not completely absorb light incident in the first transmittance state, an illumination pattern different from an illumination pattern formed in the electrochromic layer 330 in the second transmittance state may be formed.
  • the lamp according to the present invention includes a controller that applies a current or voltage to the electrochromic layer 330.
  • the controller converts the electrochromic layer 330 from one of the first and second states to another based on a control command generated in a vehicle.
  • the lamp controls the light transmittance of the electrochromic layer 330 and forms various illumination patterns.
  • FIG. 6 is a conceptual view illustrating a cross section of a lamp including an electrochromic layer provided with a plurality of regions
  • FIG. 7 is a conceptual view illustrating an electrochromic method of the electrochromic layer described in FIG. 6 .
  • the electrochromic layer may include a plurality of regions 330a to 330e electrically isolated from one another.
  • the controller may be configured to apply a current or voltage to each of the regions independently.
  • each of the plurality of regions 330a to 330e may be independently converted from one of the first and second states to another.
  • the plurality of regions may be arranged side by side along one direction.
  • the plurality of regions may be arranged side by side along a direction away from the light source unit.
  • the controller may sequentially apply a current or voltage to the at least some regions along the one direction so that the at least some regions are all in the second state.
  • the electrochromic layer may be comprised of five regions 330a to 330e.
  • the five regions 330a to 330e When all of the five regions 330a to 330e are sequentially applied with a current or voltage in the first state (opaque state), the five regions become sequentially transparent.
  • a quantity of light discharged outside from around a region in a transparent state is greater than a quantity of light discharged outside from around a region in an opaque state. This is because a quantity of light directed to an upper side of the transparent region is greater than a quantity of light directed to an upper side of the opaque region. Accordingly, a bright illumination pattern is formed around the transparent region, and a relatively dark illumination pattern is formed around the opaque region.
  • a relatively bright illumination pattern may be sequentially formed along the one direction.
  • a turn signal lamp may be implemented.
  • the lamp according to the present invention further includes additional auxiliary light sources in addition to the light source unit.
  • the auxiliary light sources are disposed between the electrochromic layer 330 and the reflector 320.
  • FIG. 8 is a conceptual view illustrating a cross section of a first embodiment of a lamp according to the invention including auxiliary light sources
  • FIG. 9 is a conceptual view illustrating a lighting method of the auxiliary light sources described in FIG. 8 .
  • auxiliary light sources 340 disposed below the electrochromic layer 330 Light emitted from the auxiliary light sources 340 disposed below the electrochromic layer 330 is directed to the half mirror 310 only when the electrochromic layer is in a transparent state. A quantity of light emitted from a region overlapping the auxiliary light sources 340 in an entire region of the half mirror 310 is higher than a quantity of light emitted from other regions. Therefore, a relatively bright illumination pattern is formed around the auxiliary light sources 340.
  • the auxiliary light sources may be arranged in a line along one direction.
  • the auxiliary light sources 340 arranged in a line may be used to implement a turn signal lamp for a vehicle.
  • the controller may be configured to control on and off of each of the auxiliary light sources 340.
  • the controller may sequentially turn on the at least some of the auxiliary light sources 340 in one direction until the at least some of the auxiliary light sources are all turned on.
  • a relatively bright illumination pattern formed around the auxiliary light sources is sequentially formed along one direction.
  • Such an illumination pattern can be utilized as a turn signal lamp of a vehicle.
  • five auxiliary light sources 340a to 340e may be used to implement a turn signal lamp.
  • the five auxiliary light sources 340a to 340e are arranged in a line along one direction.
  • the controller sequentially turns on the five auxiliary light sources 340a to 340e along the one direction. Accordingly, a turn signal lamp may be implemented.
  • the controller can control a time interval from when any one of the auxiliary light sources used to implement the turn signal lamp is turned on until when all of the auxiliary light sources used to implement the turn signal lamp is turned on to be ranged from 115 to 195 ms.
  • the time interval may range from 135 to 165 ms.
  • the above-described turn signal lamp may be implemented as an electrochromic layer provided with a plurality of regions and a plurality of auxiliary light sources.
  • the electrochromic layer may be provided with a plurality of regions electrically isolated from one another, and each of the plurality of auxiliary light sources may be disposed to overlap one of the plurality of regions.
  • FIG. 10 is a conceptual view illustrating a cross section of a second embodiment of a lamp according to the invention including auxiliary light sources and an electrochromic layer provided with a plurality of regions
  • FIG. 11 is a conceptual view illustrating an electrochromic method of the electrochromic layer described in FIG. 10 .
  • the controller may sequentially convert a plurality of regions overlapping the auxiliary light sources from the first state to the second state along the one direction.
  • the lamp according to the present invention includes a plurality of auxiliary light sources 340a to 340e and an electrochromic layer provided with a plurality of regions 330a to 330e electrically insulated from one another.
  • Each of the auxiliary light sources 340a to 340e is disposed to overlap each of the plurality of regions 330a to 330e.
  • the controller may sequentially convert the plurality of regions 330a to 330e in the first state from the first state to the second state in one direction. Accordingly, lights emitted from the auxiliary light sources 340a to 340e arranged in a line are sequentially discharged outside. Accordingly, the present invention implements a turn signal lamp for a vehicle.
  • a time interval from when one of the plurality of regions overlapping the auxiliary light sources is converted to the second state until when all of the plurality of regions is converted to the second state may range from 115 to 195 ms.
  • the time interval may range from 135 to 165 ms.
  • the controller may turn on only the auxiliary light sources overlapping a region in the second state in the plurality of regions. That is, the controller turns on only the auxiliary light source overlapping the electrochromic layer in the transparent state.
  • a metal electrode may be electrically connected to each of the auxiliary light sources.
  • the metal electrode may be disposed on the reflector 320 and may be disposed to surround each of the auxiliary light sources with a larger area than each of the auxiliary light sources.
  • the metal electrode reflects light directed to a lower side of the auxiliary light sources to be directed to an upper side of the auxiliary light sources. Accordingly, the present invention increases light extraction efficiency for the auxiliary light source.

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  1. Lampe (10), umfassend:
    einen Halbspiegel (310) mit einer oberen Fläche und einer unteren Fläche, der dazu eingerichtet ist, einen Teil des auf die untere Fläche einfallenden Lichts zu reflektieren und einen anderen Teil, der nach außen abzugeben ist;
    einen Reflektor (320), der unterhalb des Halbspiegels (310) der unteren Fläche des Halbspiegels (310) zugewandt angeordnet ist;
    eine elektrochrome Schicht (330), die zwischen dem Halbspiegel (310) und dem Reflektor (320) angeordnet ist und den Reflektor (320) bedeckt;
    eine Lichtquelleneinheit (350), die Licht zwischen dem Halbspiegel (310) und dem Reflektor (320) emittiert; und
    eine Steuerung, die einen Strom bzw. eine Spannung an die elektrochrome Schicht (330) anlegt,
    wobei die elektrochrome Schicht (330) dazu eingerichtet ist, dass sie eine Lichtdurchlässigkeit aufweist, die sich bei Anlegen eines Strom bzw. einer Spannung ändert, wobei zumindest ein Teil der elektrochromen Schicht (330) von einem ersten Zustand mit einer ersten Durchlässigkeit oder einem zweiten Zustand mit einer zweiten Durchlässigkeit, die größer als die erste Durchlässigkeit ist, in einen anderen Zustand konvertiert wird,
    wobei die Lampe (10) zudem eine Vielzahl von zwischen der elektrochromen Schicht (330) und dem Reflektor (320) angeordneten Hilfslichtquellen (340) umfasst,
    wobei die Hilfslichtquellen (340) in einer Linie entlang einer Richtung angeordnet sind,
    wobei in einem Zustand, in dem zumindest einige der Hilfslichtquellen (340) alle ausgeschaltet sind, die Steuerung sequentiell die zumindest einigen der Hilfslichtquellen (340) in einer Richtung einschaltet, bis die zumindest einigen der Hilfslichtquellen (340) alle eingeschaltet sind,
    oder,
    wobei die elektrochrome Schicht (330) mit einer Vielzahl von Bereichen (330a-330e) versehen ist, die elektrisch voneinander isoliert sind, wobei jede der Vielzahl von Hilfslichtquellen (340) mit einem der Vielzahl von Bereichen (330a-330e) überlappend angeordnet ist.
  2. Lampe (10) nach Anspruch 1, wobei die Steuerung die elektrochrome Schicht (330) vom ersten Zustand in den zweiten Zustand durch Anlegen eines Strom bzw. einer Spannung an die elektrochrome Schicht (330) konvertiert, so dass von der Lichtquelleneinheit (350) emittiertes Licht wiederholt zwischen dem Halbspiegel (310) und dem Reflektor (320) reflektiert wird.
  3. Lampe nach Anspruch 2, wobei die elektrochrome Schicht mit einer Vielzahl von elektrisch voneinander isolierten Bereichen versehen ist.
  4. Lampe (10) nach Anspruch 3, wobei die Vielzahl von Bereichen (330a-330e) nebeneinander entlang einer Richtung angeordnet ist,
    wobei die Steuerung sequentiell einen Strom bzw. eine Spannung entlang der einen Richtung liefert.
  5. Lampe (10) nach Anspruch 4, wobei, wenn sich zumindest einige Bereiche der Vielzahl von Bereichen (330a-330e) im ersten Zustand befinden, die Steuerung sequentiell einen Strom bzw. eine Spannung an die zumindest einigen Bereiche entlang der einen Richtung anlegt, so dass sich die zumindest einigen Bereiche alle im zweiten Zustand befinden.
  6. Lampe (10) nach Anspruch 1, wobei ein Zeitintervall ab dem Einschalten einer der zumindest einigen der Hilfslichtquellen (340) bis zu dem Einschalten aller der zumindest einigen der Hilfslichtquellen (340) im Bereich von 115 bis 195 ms liegt.
  7. Lampe (10) nach Anspruch 1, damit das von den Hilfslichtquellen (340) emittierte Licht die elektrochrome Schicht (330) entlang der einen Richtung sequentiell durchdringt, wobei die Steuerung sequentiell eine Vielzahl von mit den Hilfslichtquellen (340) überlappenden Bereichen entlang der einen Richtung vom ersten Zustand in den zweiten Zustand konvertiert.
  8. Lampe (10) nach Anspruch 7, wobei ein Zeitintervall ab dann, wenn einer der Vielzahl von mit den Hilfslichtquellen (340) überlappenden Bereichen (330a-330e) in den zweiten Zustand konvertiert wird, bis wenn alle der mehreren Bereiche (330a-330e) in den zweiten Zustand konvertiert werden, im Bereich von 115 bis 195 ms liegt.
  9. Lampe (10) nach Anspruch 7, wobei die Steuerung unter den Hilfslichtquellen (340) nur Hilfslichtquellen (340) einschaltet, die die elektrochrome Schicht (330) in dem zweiten Zustand überlappen.
  10. Lampe (10) nach Anspruch 1, zudem mit einer Metallelektrode, die mit jeder der Hilfslichtquellen (340) elektrisch verbunden ist,
    wobei die Metallelektrode so angeordnet ist, dass sie die Hilfslichtquellen (340) umgibt.
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